AV date defeated in Lords: 8 in the morning – December 7th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Coalition loses Lords vote over AV election date.

* Clegg makes plea to divided party ahead of fees vote.

* Polly Toynbee on the “brilliant” protests against tax-dodgers.

* Lansley hands 80% of NHS budget to GPs despite Treasury fears.

* No action taken against Labour MP for “wrestling” in parliament.

* David Lammy on the “whitewash” of Oxbridge admissions.

* New medical checks for the disabled.

* And Mary Riddell on Ken Clarke’s “justice revolution”.

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